The Spanish Catholic Church tried to curb images of nudity, but artists and patrons did not always oblige

The 1930s painting, on show in October, is a timely response to the anti-immigrant stance of Donald Trump

State-owned works of art risk seizure to satisfy $7bn of claims by Americans

The shows reveal the twin sides of the museum's interests

Movies about artists may not be nailed-on money-spinners, but more and more are appearing—and some are even box-office hits.

The manuscript was once owned by the family of a German-Jewish politician who opposed Hitler

David Toren has filed a petition in New York State Supreme Court asking the Berlin auction house Villa Grisebach to reveal the buyers of works sold there

A show of the artist's work reveals her proximity to and distance from both modernism and academicism

Our picks of what’s worth seeing at the Park City, Utah film festival

For some artists, Hollywood is the ruin of a former civilisation

Collector, author and magician Ricky Jay on the 18th-century limbless entertainer Matthias Buchinger

The exhibition is too stiff for the artist, but he shines through

US foundation claims Castro regime seized paintings that Hitler failed to steal

Before working at the auction house for 16 years, he had a long and distinguished career as a curator at national museums

The Iranian film-maker is showing a photographic series he’s worked on for 20 years at Toronto’s Aga Khan Museum

The heirs of the Viennese entertainer Fritz Grünbaum, who died in Dachau, go to court in New York to recover his art

The graphic artist also served as the party’s culture minister in the 1960s and 70s

A new documentary about the photographer provides an intimate look

Cultural entrepreneur founded the Underground Museum

Films include Laurie Anderson on her late dog (and more subtly her husband Lou Reed), a glimpse at Afghanistan’s threatened film archives, and the staff of Charlie Hebdo on the terrorist attacks that killed 11 cartoonists

Superstar artist provides exclusive insight into vast and eclectic collection before his Yokohama show—just don’t call him the Japanese Andy Warhol

An exhibition at the Clark Art Institute is a road map for the artist’s psychological journey

Terrorist group functions as a modern racketeering operation through sale of plundered cultural objects

The 18th-century work is an early example of racial profiling

A new film looks at Mes Aynak, an archaeological treasure that may soon be buried

The shopping-mall entrepreneur and former chairman of Sotheby's, has died, aged 91

The Brooklyn Museum offers a slice of Jean-Michel Basquiat's pre-history